There are some plotlines involving chess that Hollywood could do that could be made into successful movies (read: complete BS, historically): Morphy as a Confederate secret agent in Europe; Alekhine as a secret infiltrater of the Nazis for Stalin; CHOD Alexander and the breaking of ENIGMA (a kind of a WW2 James Bond thing, as Alexander and ENIGMA is a true story). You could do as farse several tournaments or matches without deviating far from the historical record, not to mention any number of "Pride and Sorrow" -type bio-pics (Morphy, Steinitz, Pillsbury, Ruebenstein, Fischer, even Ivanchuk, though it would be difficult to do him, 'cause he doesn't seem to consider being crazy as a bad thing). Hollywood will not touch these until movies about chess generate a profit--so for Fischer you get a guy named after a kitty-cat instead of Nicholas Cage, who could do serious justice to the role.

It's about time Hollywood started making quality dramatic films again. Plenty of proof right here in this thread that they aren't doing so now. The belief that a movie needs explosions or aliens or some other special effect to be good is a sad commentary on our society and our film industry.

It's about time Hollywood started making quality dramatic films again. Plenty of proof right here in this thread that they aren't doing so now. The belief that a movie needs explosions or aliens or some other special effect to be good is a sad commentary on our society and our film industry.

I think it will take an independant to make the first successful chess movie, like "Billy Jack" making martial arts-themed movies respectable. Maybe a Sherlock Holmes-type, using chess instead of 7% solutions and "Turkish" tobacco (for those who've read the stories), based on a Nicolas Rossolimo lifestyle; multi-lingual, brown belt, waiter, cabbie, musician, grand master.

How about a movie about BradStone's parents grounding him for breaking the toaster? Or, BradStone confused about the microwave oven? BradStone runs away from home trying to find himself in the neighbor's garage? BradStone discovering rocks? BradStone inventing paper towels?

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